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Thursday, March 30, 2006

I Admit DefeatThis Caveman is jumpin' on that bandwagon

The current John Paul The Great phenomenon is just too much for the me battle alone. A College named John Paul The Great; various Catholic schools named John Paul The Great; the phrase John Paul The Great in numerous writings from various and sundry priests and bishops; websites and blogs out the butt that state John Paul The Great, etc, etc. I'm simply overwhelmed.

I've asked many a time just what it was that made Pope John Paul "Great". I never got a straight answer.

I've stated that prior to JPII, there were 264 legitimate pontiffs and only 2 of them had the title "The Great" bestowed upon them. The obvious question from here is; what made JPII "greater" than the other 262? Yet again, I never got a straight answer.

The best answer I could get for rationalizing "The Great" was "it's the will of the people". Well, I'm one of the people. And John Paul The Great it is.

Oh, and by the way, seeing that I'm "one of the people"... everyone else is "The Great" from now on. Former Altar Boy The Great, PreVatII The Great, Conde The Great, Dymphna The Great, Fidei Defensor The Great, Jeff The Great, Fugger The Great, Der Tommissar Der Great, Rhonda The Great, Digi The Great, Paul Just This Guy You Know The Great, Crescat The Great, Rick Da Great, Gillibrand The Great, Jay The Great, Amy The Great, my pet collie Megan The Great, the breakfast I just are was Great, et cetera, et cetera... and others too numerous to mention The Great.

ADDENDUM ---

Because:

a. Christine askedb. I stole Advocatus Militaris' "puffs of smoke" idea from himc. I was braindead and forgot to add Carlton

they are all to be from here on out, known as (insert name here) The GreatADDENDUM II ---

Because:a. I don't want Scarlette to be mucho in debt, she is hereby The Great

I thought that someone had answered you about JPII, though. Wasn't that here? I thought it had to do with his writings, his help in the fall of Communism, the love that the Church (and even those not in the Church) have for him...

Although the language was a bit rough, my intention was not to be lewd. I didn't read Jay's comment. I can see now how that could be twisted into something indecent. I could also see Paul being the one to point it out.